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Reference numberNLB/23/1/62
Alternative reference numberNLB/23/1 p38
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Theodore E James, to James Lewis Caw, Curator, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Queen Street, Edinburgh
Date5 September 1901
DescriptionIn reply to Caw's letter of 3 September, Sir M Foster directs James to say that he is at liberty to photograph the portrait of Sir Humphry Davy in the Society's possession, for reproduction in a new edition of Lockhart's 'Life of Scott'. Asks for a days notice of when Caw proposes sending a photographer.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Physical descriptionTypescript
Access statusOpen
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